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September: Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs Care Guide

Tips for Cultivating and Maintaining Healthy Produce

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April 4, 2023

Preparing the Ground and Controlling Weeds

  • Dig over vegetable ground after a dry spell, remove old crops, or use a no-dig technique.
  • Control weeds in areas to be dug later by hoeing, covering with old carpet, or using suitable weedkillers.
  • Don’t let weeds go to seed, especially chickweed, to avoid future problems.

Planting and Pruning Fruit Trees and Bushes

  • Plant new fruit trees and bushes, and control weeds around them for better cropping.
  • Prune fruit trees and bushes if not already done.
  • Prune raspberry and tayberry canes that have finished fruiting, and tie in new canes.
  • Finish summer pruning of over-vigorous apples and pears, shortening long shoots.

Planting and Harvesting Vegetables and Herbs

  • Plant spring cabbage to benefit from remaining soil warmth.
  • Lift potatoes before underground slugs become active and soil becomes sticky.
  • Place pumpkins on flat stones, slates, or wood to protect from heavy, wet ground.
  • Plant spring cabbage in ground vacated by early potatoes.

Tidying Up and Harvesting Produce

  • Remove and compost non-diseased, spent vegetables.
  • Clear out weeds while the soil is still soft and easy to work with.
  • Pick apples and pears when they’re ripe; gently lift a fruit, and if it comes away easily, it’s ready.
  • Allow pears to ripen off the tree for a week or more.
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